Plumbing work

The focus of the last couple of weeks here at the house has been the infrastructure including the electrical work and the plumbing.  For those of you interested in the less glamorous aspects of construction, here are a series of photos focusing on the plumbing upgrades.  Before looking at some of the "finer" touches of the plumbing work, one first has to take into account the miles of pipes that start in the basement and thread their way throughout the house.  Most of these pipes were unmarked and the plumbers have spent hours following them through the house.  Some pipes had been replaced, rerouted, and cut off over time, so it's been quite a feat!  And they're still looking for the pipes to the third floor!



Basement pipes...white PVC pipes are new...



More basement pipes



Basement pipes along with new wiring...




One last shot of the basement hallway pipes




These are a mix of old and new pipes in the basement
apartment where we live. 



The master bathroom.  The "hole" is where the toilet
used to be.  They have spent a great deal of time in
this area while plumbing the new 1/2 bath off the kitchen
below and installing what we need to have a small
stacked washer/dryer in a closet behind the master bath.



Up close in the master bath...



Same view with new piping...




Plumbing the new shower in the master bathroom



This is a copper pan which goes
in the bottom of a shower.  One has
been installed in the kids' bathroom and one
in the new shower of the master bath.




The plumbers made a drain in the pan using a blowtorch.




Master bath shower with the copper
pan installed...

The shower valves are now in place in the
master bath shower




New plumbing in Eliza's half bath -- for her sink



Searching for those third floor pipes -- hole is in the
ceiling of Hernando's Hideaway in the basement.